The 5th time Darby woke up before crashing into a field he was at 700 ft , he pulled back as he awoke to climb back to 5,000 ft.
His final trip, his solo from St. Pete to Malibu, Florida had been boring but he made it, refueled, got candy & pop, then back in the 2-seat wing-under Gruman trainer to fly home. Narcelepsy not plan
The late nite, actually 2 a.m. exit from work the night before, should have been followed by some sleep before showing up to fly the final solo trip to get his private pilot license. Darby had set his VA for college to be for Airport Management because they were required to get a pilot’s license. They would pay for him to learn how to fly, including the…
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